I'm about to start the process of backing up everything important on my hard drive and then making an appointment to have someone come over and upgrade me to SP2. I'm pretty computer literate, but I've heard horror stories about problems upgrading to SP2 - so I'm leaning toward getting a computer pro over to install it for me off the disc I ordered.
So... how many programs and files are lost during the upgrade to SP2?

I'm about to start the process of backing up everything important on my hard drive and then making an appointment to have someone come over and upgrade me to SP2. I'm pretty computer literate, but I've heard horror stories about problems upgrading to SP2 - so I'm leaning toward getting a computer pro over to install it for me off the disc I ordered.
So... how many programs and files are lost during the upgrade to SP2?

Umm, yeah. I think, especially since Vista is coming out, that the bugs have more or less been worked out.
After you install SP2, be sure to run Windows Update and fix the fixes...

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That's a good one Slappy - "that the bugs have more or less been worked out."

To steal from Allen Iverson - "We're talking about Microsoft man..."

Whenever you are applying a patch or SP from Microsoft, always, always, always back up your system first.

In a previous life I worked for a software company that built data protection software on the Windows platform. One of our mandates to customers was to always back up their systems before applying any fix from Microsoft. I've seen too many cases where SPs or patches have hosed somebody's system.